July 13 : Meta said on Monday its data center in Richland Parish, Louisiana will expand to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity, in a bid to support the social media company's AI ambitions. Since breaking ground in December 2024, local Louisiana businesses have received more than $1.6 billion in contracts from Met

Meta’s $50 Billion Data Center Raises AI Overbuild Questions

Meta said the planned Hyperion data center supercluster in Richland Parish, Louisiana, will be a 5GW facility and cost over $50 billion.